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| Scott Morrison still under pressure over Angus Taylor response – question time live | |
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| PM concedes a misstep in his defence of minister as Labor continues its attack. All the day’s events, live | PM concedes a misstep in his defence of minister as Labor continues its attack. All the day’s events, live |
| Anthony Albanese has taken the rare step of making a 90-second statement (they are usually for backbenchers) – and he has timed it on the list for just as Scott Morrison walks into the chamber. | |
| “An ad man with no plan, a showman, covering up a scam,” says Albanese, as Morrison takes his seat. | |
| Who’s that MP? | |
| It’s Tony Pasin. | |
| It was just hard to place him, given he was sitting in the back benches (Pasin likes to make a beeline for the front bench during division votes. Almost without fail. A MP can dream, I suppose) | |
| Members have begun their 90 second statements in the House, which means it is almost time for question time. | |
| We’ll head into the chamber, but we all know what this hour will be about. | |
| Five. More. To. Go. | |
| Labor is still gagging government ministers and MPs in the chamber to make their point about the government gagging debate on Angus Taylor. | |
| Every time a division is called, all the MPs have to run back to the chamber. Labor MPs might be prepared, but the government MPs are not. | |
| The focus. The stance. The furrowed brow. | The focus. The stance. The furrowed brow. |
| Take note, fellow nodders. | Take note, fellow nodders. |
| On the ministerial standards questions, this is what Anthony Albanese had to say: | On the ministerial standards questions, this is what Anthony Albanese had to say: |
| Q: So, you would stand down one of your shadow ministers in similar circumstances, and you undertake here today to do that if any of your shadow ministers are under police investigations? | Q: So, you would stand down one of your shadow ministers in similar circumstances, and you undertake here today to do that if any of your shadow ministers are under police investigations? |
| AA: If I was a minister, if I’m elected to government, I will uphold the ministerial code of conduct. | AA: If I was a minister, if I’m elected to government, I will uphold the ministerial code of conduct. |
| Q: So, only in government? | Q: So, only in government? |
| AA: Well, the ministerial code of conduct – the hint is, it’s a ministerial code of conduct. So, in terms of processes, the ministerial code of conduct should be followed. That’s why it’s there, for a reason. Because ministers make decisions, and they can’t be in a situation whereby they are compromised. | AA: Well, the ministerial code of conduct – the hint is, it’s a ministerial code of conduct. So, in terms of processes, the ministerial code of conduct should be followed. That’s why it’s there, for a reason. Because ministers make decisions, and they can’t be in a situation whereby they are compromised. |
| Q: So, there are different standards for shadow ministers under investigation, they can continue? | Q: So, there are different standards for shadow ministers under investigation, they can continue? |
| AA: Well, I’m not going to answer hypotheticals. I’m answering this specific question about ministerial code of conduct that applies to ministers and has applied for a very long period of time, and has always, always been the case. And what we see here, unlike what happened under Prime Minister Howard, but also under Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, where we had people like Arthur Sinodinos, Sussan Ley, other people, standing aside. | AA: Well, I’m not going to answer hypotheticals. I’m answering this specific question about ministerial code of conduct that applies to ministers and has applied for a very long period of time, and has always, always been the case. And what we see here, unlike what happened under Prime Minister Howard, but also under Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, where we had people like Arthur Sinodinos, Sussan Ley, other people, standing aside. |
| Sam Watson will be very missed. Ken Wyatt has issued a statement on his passing: | Sam Watson will be very missed. Ken Wyatt has issued a statement on his passing: |
| Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke have put out a statement on Clive James: | Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke have put out a statement on Clive James: |
| This is now on its way to the Senate | This is now on its way to the Senate |
| Why we are all talking about Scott Morrison taking in Mick Fuller’s bins when they were Shire neighbours being a “joke” (which Ben Fordham also raised as a joke on his 2GB show yesterday), just a reminder that on 13 December last year, following the original bin revelation, was this conversation: | Why we are all talking about Scott Morrison taking in Mick Fuller’s bins when they were Shire neighbours being a “joke” (which Ben Fordham also raised as a joke on his 2GB show yesterday), just a reminder that on 13 December last year, following the original bin revelation, was this conversation: |
| Ben Fordham: Because, once upon a time when you were neighbours, according to the commissioner, and I think this has been confirmed, you used to bring his bin in. When he’d leave the bin outside, the wheelie bin outside, and he was too lazy himself to bring it in, you would collect his bin and wheel it in for him. True or false? | Ben Fordham: Because, once upon a time when you were neighbours, according to the commissioner, and I think this has been confirmed, you used to bring his bin in. When he’d leave the bin outside, the wheelie bin outside, and he was too lazy himself to bring it in, you would collect his bin and wheel it in for him. True or false? |
| PM: That’s what good neighbours do. That’s what they do. Mick is a great bloke and that’s the Shire way. | PM: That’s what good neighbours do. That’s what they do. Mick is a great bloke and that’s the Shire way. |
| BF: How come you don’t do it anymore? | BF: How come you don’t do it anymore? |
| PM: Well, I don’t take the bins out anymore. | PM: Well, I don’t take the bins out anymore. |
| BF: Why? | BF: Why? |
| PM: Because I haven’t even found where they are yet. | PM: Because I haven’t even found where they are yet. |
| BF: Ah of course, at Kirribilli House. | BF: Ah of course, at Kirribilli House. |
| PM: At my place, Jen would be home more often than not to take the bins out as I’d be travelling or something. | PM: At my place, Jen would be home more often than not to take the bins out as I’d be travelling or something. |
| BF: Hang on, hang on, hang on. When you say my place, you mean our place? | BF: Hang on, hang on, hang on. When you say my place, you mean our place? |
| PM: No, no, when I lived in the Shire. | PM: No, no, when I lived in the Shire. |
| BF: Oh OK, I’m just clarifying there. | BF: Oh OK, I’m just clarifying there. |
| PM: That’s very true Ben, and you’re right to point that out. | PM: That’s very true Ben, and you’re right to point that out. |
| Often neighbours would do that for each other, mate. I think that’s done in most parts of the country and Mick’s a good bloke. | Often neighbours would do that for each other, mate. I think that’s done in most parts of the country and Mick’s a good bloke. |
| BF: Well if you really loved him you’d be driving from Kirribilli House back to the Shire just to make sure the bin was in. | BF: Well if you really loved him you’d be driving from Kirribilli House back to the Shire just to make sure the bin was in. |
| PM: Fair point, I think that’s a fair point. | PM: Fair point, I think that’s a fair point. |